Cable and method of forming and connecting the same.



. P. R. MGBERTY. CABLE AND METHOD OF FORMING AND CONNECTING THE SAME. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1908. 1 104 061 Patented July 21, 1914.

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F. R. MoBERTY.

GABLE AND METHOD OF FORMING AND CONNECTING THE SAME. APPLICATION FILED T11R27, 1908.

1,104,061, I Patented July 21, 1914.

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Inventor:

APPLIOATION FILED P111127, 190B.

Patented, July 21, 1914.

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Inventor Ami Quiz ell wi e/0m it may concern:

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ll; known that I; FRANK 33w Mcfieegir, 'cicizan' of the United States, resi'cling in the liowrc. of ,New Roche/112,, in the county of l l ecaficheeter and. Stete'cf New York, lle've incemeol a certain new enduseful improvement in ables-and Methods of Forming and Connecting the Some; of which obe-fob lowing is full, clear, concise, and exact description. I y

invention celzztcs to a cable perllcur eclepzed for use in making ccnnec-Eaion ale c cel apparatus beguiling the cm. will; of a, large member of closely em ed mg me some 'WiiJll the lerminols that they are adopted elec'lrlcally to. unite My inveneion is directeri prvmerily coward w the provision of a cable which will require the minimum amount of material end. lebor in making am forming the same, and which will therefore be particularly inexpensive to meoufomhure; and at the'same time will be electrically and mechanically'efiiclent and not liable to clere-ngement. The cable of my myenmon 1s permculerly adapted to be employed in. connecting io-' getbcl the. terminals of grou s of switches such as are commonly emp oyecl 1ntele phone systems of the present day and in which it ie necessary to connect a series .nalem multlple uponeecb of the con" iloc creol the connectmg cables: ll; ze oes-- comer in connecting groups of terminals in multiple by means of cables to extend the cables pest fihe terminals at some little diktence tberofronl, and to form the connection beisween the cable and the terminals by sepamting the cable into its severe-l Wires; oi:

. the poinb Where the connection to *be group terminals to rener the connection therewilzb. accessible for oitcretibn or repeir.

In accordance Weigh my 1I 1V3Hl3l01'1 1 arm ploy a cable so cooetructeci as to be cc 1555 ofthie oherecter curl of com. Going Specification. of Paloma. Q15- lll-IV lpebleoff hevio g itsmlividoal Wll'BS brought *lnio climct connection wick the correeponclmgtermmele of the gmuo Without any for clwuluel mempulelwn of one Wires 'Wbeo coco, end without requiring any more wire to co complciae file connection with the terminals thei is comeined in the vsbreigbb length of lbc ceblel employed. Furthermore, in ac? cordencewieh myim'ention lshe cables ere 51c constructed and em'enged-Witbrespecl to 55 the lormin'ale with which they arecclepted to be connected that obey may be locelgcol 11the point of connection of claim WlEBFc oil. be lcmiaimle, to render cbe connecllooc Irccly emeesable and entirely unobetm cbccl. o

ebielieeult l eecure by employing cablee in who loom ol' fiat nbbons of insulated WlX-Qg,

' ribbons being thin enough to lie be,

tween ealjecent, rows of terminals we,

cepl; for the points of connection of choir In;

wires with the terminals, entirely Within lilac plane of the outer ends of the termioele, or in ocber WOEdS, to the rear of said outer ends of the terminals. Al the points where lo the cox-responding oerminels, the ocmluctors are brought 111cc coaltocli wiob tbe'teo camels preferably by folding the cable, Egg-on 'iatself that the edge of the fold overlies the conductors of the cables ereto be joine. go

the tops of the eermmale lo the associated 35 wow inasmuch as #lhe cables are ordinarily narrower than the length of the rows of tor minele wick-which thou conductors are to be conneccecl, ohe direct connection. between file conductors end the corresponding terminals cc of the row is preferably accomplished by folding the cable along a line obli ue to the length 0% the cable, the obliquity oi the fold being vileoenclem u on the relation between fiche width of the 0e 1e enclthe length oftb/e 495 line of mammals with which the conductors of the cable are to be com looted. The iii-1 sulciing covering of {the wires of the cable is discontinued or removed at the line of the ole-l, eo that be bore conductors one e;;- we

posed foe connection withv the ends of the terminals. The sections of the cable on opposite sides of atbe line at which the insoletion is removedbre also prefembly dis placed with reletlon co each-other to bring m5 the bmlfid portions of tlic Wires into a sub-- stamially right angle relation With the ob lique line of the fold, sothet the baled porlions extend. Jclirecoly ecross the ends of the flacl'minalc,

I shall describe the novel features of my invention more particularly hereinafter by reference to the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 illustrates a length of one form of cable embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a cross section of the cable on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, the cable shown in Fig. l

- Fig. 6, an end view of the arrangement illustrated in F ig'. 5 looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 7, an enlarged detailed view of the interior construction of this form of the cable; Fig. 8, a plan view of several groups of terminals connected by cables in accordancefwith my invention; and Fig. 9,

= a view of a modified manner of connecting the cable with a group of terminals. I In describing my invention by reference to the drawings, I shall employ the same reference character to designate "the same part in the different figures.

The cable a; of my invention, in the form in which I prefer to employ it, comprises a plurality of wires or conductors 6 arranged in a single layer and se arated by means of a series of interposed t treads. c of inmilating material. The wire's and threads may be of any suitable material and dimensions. In constructing certain cables 'in accordance with my invention, I have found it convenient to employ tinned co per wires of No.- 26 or No. 28 gage, and o. 25 spool cotton for the interposed insulating threads. v

The series of wires 1) with their interposed insulating threads 0 arsgins ulated and held in place by an outer covering or serving (1 of insulating material. This covering may be of cloth-muslin, for instanceor fabric of any suitable material and form, applied to the wires in any convenient manner. It a strip of cloth is used as the covering, as illustrated, it may conveniently be slightly more than twice as wide as the widthof the layer of wires and their interposed threads, so that the wires and threads may be laid along one-half of the width of the covering strip (2, and the other half folded over them, as illustrated in Figs. 2 End 7 In constructing the cable, the" insulation of the wires is discontinued at intervals, depending upon the distance between the groups of terminals with which the cable is to be connected, in-order to expose the wires of the cable for connection. This'may conveniently'be accomplished, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, by, forming the outer covering or serving at the cable in sections and leaving a small space e between the edges of adjoining sections. 'Whenthe exposed portions are produced in this manner, the sections of fabric that constitute the outer covering or serving d of the cable are cut in somewhat the formof arrow heads, the sections laid in a continuous line with the point of one section fitting into the hollow of the next section with a slight space between, the wires with their interposed insulating. threads are extended along one-half of the width of the series of covering sections, and the other half then folded over to inclose the wires and form the cable. Or, if desired, the insulating covering of the wires may be made continuous, and may then be removed along the predetermined line in any convenient 1nanncr, as by passing a hot iron over the insulation along the line at which the wires are to be bared. ()r the discontinuity of the'insulation of the conductors along the predetermined line may be effected in-the process to form the cable.

In order to secure the parts of the cable of my invention firmly together, I preferto the wires, the insulating covering and separating threads in the process of assem bling them. I have found that the substance known as tailors glue, which comes in -very thin sheets that may be laid between the Wiresand outer covering and melted with a hot iron after the coveringis folded upon the wires, servesthis purpose well. I have also employed for this purpose shellac varnish applied to the wires before the outer covering is folded upon them. In preparing the cable thus constructed for application to and connection with the terminals of electrical apparatus with which it is relation between the width of the cable and the length of the row of terminals with which the wires of the cable are to be conneoted. A straight line of a. length equal to the length of the row of terminals, laid off upon the cable withlits extremities coinciding, with'the two outer wires "of'the ribbon has the" proper angular ,relation to the length of the cable, so that if the wires are exposed and the cable folded along this line eachwire ,of the cable will pass over the corresponding terminal of the row of terminals. In order that' each wire may pass straight across its correspondingterminal, and inorder that the wires at the fold may he in-more open relation with respect to i m cool each other, sections oi the cxposcd v will cross the open space substantially at right angles, preferably, to the line along which the insulation is removed This (lisplacemezit of the sect-ions of tile cable is clearly illusersi al iii .lfig. 3. Ellen, by fold ing film cable along a lice ext-ending approximately through the center of the exposed portion of the wing soil by introducing an ihiififilfflfifllfill fold inio the cable to bring clue projecting edges of the exposed poiifiioos into substantially the some straight line, so snrciigcment' produced, so illustrsgbecl in Fig. i, *whcrcin the Wires of the cable, s 1. position to be diirectly connec'iccl wish me corresponding terminals. ll; Will be obscirvcii time by constructing a cable in tile iiicmicr illustrated and described, the wires oi the cable are brought out for connecticio 'wicbool requiring any individual manipulation of the Wires, and Without requiring that the Wires shall be of is long? i in excess of the ion ii of the cable itself.

Afer the cable is formed, as has boondoscribed, it is possible to connect it to the icrminals that it is adapted to units by carrying it along behind the projecting ten minols with the exposed terminal portions I preferably displace the two the cable on opposite sides of of the wires of the csblc touching she cute: extremities of the rows of terminals and so cux'ecl thereto by soldering. But the cxtreme ihioness .oi' the ribbon cable of my invcncion makes is possible {no place. like cable in posi tion be'Wccn the adjacent rows of terminals so libe the ceblelics ciiizirely within tlic plane (Bfilliifilllfil extremities of the tcrmi' nails, smcl tbisis the arrengcmcnc which l to cmploy. I This manner of cssocie ting the cables Willll the groupsofterininols is i-llostmicd in Figs. 5, 18 croclB' of the clmwin s b 1 reference to which icons be seen u l s fil al; the soldei'ccl col neccions Z between the wires of the cables and the extremities of the projecting tcrminels m are readily accessibleand are in no Way obstructed by she cable themselves; and that the cables are bold firmly between the eei'iroinals end protccfiecl from injury. The tci'minels m, lo bloc out-er projecting ends of which the Wires of the disposed. to be engaged by cable are comzecizocl, ccosistof rods or Wires, preferably ofcecsciigulci' cross-section, as illustrated, The inner ends thereof broken sway in the dmWings,'mc-.y, for czcmple, be

a movable contact member of a, switch of 3, type, which, as before stated, i commonly phone sys'cms of I caching the cable Sto a row of bc'rminals m, I prefer to folzl the cable over the top of the row of ccrminsls so that the top of eachterminail lies Within the loci) of its corresponding wire, as illustrated Fig. 5. It: is obvious, however, that, ihe folded cable the present day. In atline 6, so'thst the bore Wires employed in telemay be extended along one side of the row ofiternlinels so that the projecting exposed portions of the cable wires will lie in contact with and be secured to one side of the -sssocictcd; tcrmiim-ls. The, sirm'ngemcni; of the cables wnerc a climbs of (hem are usc'l to connect a plurality of closely spaced rows of terminals located in different groups is illusiratefi in Fig. 8. Each cable 0; extends to one side of its particular row oi. terminals in lbs group g, is folrled over the same to bring the exposed pGllJlOIlS of its Wires into contact with tlieencls of the.lcrmiiicls and then extends to another group f terminals k over the corresponding row-of which it is :folclcd and to which its Wires are secured in the same manner as in the first group, This process may be repeated as many times as there are groups of terminals to which the cable is to be connected. v

Inasmuch as folding the cable to bring its Wires across the topof a row of terminals alters its direction in such s manner as to atccl at f in Figs. into the cabls'to to which it extends. In this modification the Width of the flat cablc a is epproxi mctcl equal to the length. of the row of terminals to which the Wires of she cablcsi'c connected.

Iclaim: A 1. A multi-concluct-or cable comprising a, ribbon of insulated Wires ihe insulation of the Wl'TQS being made discontinuous along a'line oblique to the length of the cable and the two sections of ilis cable on opposite sides of tile oblique tminsuleted line being displaced laterally Wiib respect to each ocbei. v

A multi-concluctor cable consisting of e ribbon of insulcsed Wires having the insu-- lation removed therefrom along a line oblique to the length of the cable, the two sections of the cable on opposite sides ofthe oblique line being displaced to bend the uninsulatcd portions of the wires of the cable substantially at right angles to said oblique .linc, and the cable being-folded on itself along the oblique linoto produce terminal projections of the Wires.

3 The method of bcicging the wires of a flat csblc out for vidoclly handling? tile some, which consists to bring it into position to be folded'at right angles over the next row of term nals carry it, away from jibe nexc group with I which-1t 15 to be connected, one or more mcoimcction Without indimates;

in making discontinuous the insulation of the wires along a line oblique to the length of the cable, displacing with respect to each other the sections ofthe cable on op osite sides of the oblique line to bend the ared portions of the Wires substantially at ri ht angles to said line, andfolding the o lo upon itself along the oblique uninsulated line.

4.-A nulti conductor cable comprising a ric, said fabric being discontinuous along a line oblique to the length of the cable, the sections of the cable on the opposite sides of the oblique line being displaced to bend the uninsulated portion of the Wires of the cable substantially at right angles to said oblique line, and the cab e being folded on itself al6ng'the oblique line. to produce terminal projections of the wires.

6. The method of forming a flat cable consisting in securing a plurahty of longitudinally extendin conductors between sheets of insulating fa ric, making the insulating fabric discontinuous at intervals to bare the conductors along lines oblique to the length of the cable and displacing with respect to each other in the plane thereof the sections of the cable on opposite sides of said transverse lines to separatethe wires for connec tion.

FRANK R.- MQBERTY. Witnesses NICHOLAS E. KERNAN, WILLIAM G.- MCKEIGLER. 

